Ovo ce najbolje znati Kruno i Fotopetar, a, cisto ako jos nekoga bude zanimalo, evo i jedan tekst direktnog potomka kuce Audemars, u kojem pojasnjava istoriju ove kompanije i (ne)postojanje veze sa svima poznatom Audemars-Piguet kompanijom.
Audemars Frères was one of three successor companies set up*after*the 1885 bankruptcy of the Louis Audemars company, by Charles-Henri and Hector Audemars, grandsons of the original founder Louis-Benjamin Audemars.* Audemars Frères operated until about 1910 when it had to be liquidated after a Russian customer "forgot" to settle a very large bill (six figures of Swiss fancs). I am bemused by the references earlier in this thread to "J.Lippetz in 1909" of whom I have never heard, and to the remark about their quality. Audemars Frères made very high grade watches and today their products (at least the earlier ones) are the subject of considerable interest to collectors. The other two successor companies were François Audemars Fils, set up by their elder brother François and - very confusingly - "Louis Audemars & Compagnie" founded by Louis Audemars-Valette, their cousin and my great-grandfather. Both were defunct by about 1900. A fourth "successor" company founded in about 1910 in London by my grandfather, also a Louis, was liquidated in 1969 following the death of my father. None of these had any connection with the illustrious and enduring company Audemars-Piguet founded in 1875 in the same Swiss village, Le Brassus, other than that Jules Audemars (an AP co-founder) appears to have been employed by Louis Audemars & Cie. He was my great-grandfather's second cousin. I note an increasing incidence of "Audemars" products appearing on internet auction sites which purport either to be "original" products or "original" movements re-cased as wristwatches.